Free Concerts – Upcoming Events
Festival Napa Valley: Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
Thursday, July 22, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Maestro Kent Nagano makes his Festival debut & leads baritone Lucas Meachem, soprano Mikaela Bennett, tenor Mario Rojas, mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, & Festival Orchestra Napa in Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
Ballard Opera Man: Live Lawn Concert
Friday, July 23, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 5:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Stephen Wall, a tenor with the Seattle Opera, delights his neighbors with live nightly operatic performances from his front lawn – every Friday, weather permitting.
Free
Music@Menlo 2021 Festival Chamber Music Institute: The Magic of the Piano Quartet
Saturday, July 24, 2032 @ 8:30am – 10:30am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Join pianist & Young Performers Program Co-Director Hyeyeon Park on a journey through new colors, textures, & sounds — all part of the magic of the piano quartet.
Free (Free (registration required))
Festival Napa Valley: Opera Under the Stars
Saturday, July 24, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Tenor Michael Fabiano delights in song with Festival Orchestra Napa & conductor James Conlon. Joining Fabiano are this year’s Manetti Shrem Prize winners, 2 emerging opera singers.
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
Port Townsend Summer Band Live Outdoor Free Concert
Sunday, July 25, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Pope Marine Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Music includes: His Honor March by Henry Fillmore; The Mandalorian; themes from Superman, James Bond, & Batman; Fanfare for the Unsung Hero; & more.
Free (Free)
Olympia Symphony: Concert at the Capitol
Sunday, July 25, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Olympia Capitol Campus Lawn, Olympia, WA, United States
Bring a lawn chair or blanket, an umbrella for shade, & enjoy a mix of patriotic & "Americana" favorites followed by familiar classical tunes made popular in old cartoons.
Free
Vancouver Bach Festival: Nightingales in the Garden (film)
Tuesday, July 27, 2032 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Concert film featuring music from Scottish Classical composer James Oswald's 48 Airs for the Seasons, performed by VBF musicians & dancers from Ballet BC at Vancouver’s VanDusen Botanical Gardens.
Free (Free ($5-$10CAD in-person))
Vancouver Bach Festival: Cozzolani Reunited (film)
Tuesday, July 27, 2032 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Italian Baroque works are on display in this concert film featuring motets from Chiara Margarita Cozzolani's Scherzi di sacra melodia, as well as Maria Francesca Nascinbeni's chamber trio, Non tema nò di morte.
Free (Free ($5-$10CAD in-person))
Vancouver Bach Festival: A Tribute To The Hospitalières (film)
Tuesday, July 27, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Musical & theatrical film honoring the 17-C. Hospitalières of France & Quebec. Featuring performances by female singers of the Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal & French actress Célia Laguitton.
Free (Free ($5-$10CAD in-person))
Vancouver Bach Festival: Barbara Strozzi – From Tears To Laughter (film)
Tuesday, July 27, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Tribute to Italian composer/singer Barbara Strozzi that explores lighter side of her repertoire, as well as her famous lament Lagrime mie, complimented by plucked & bowed string instruments from Iran, Turkey, & Italy.
Free (Free ($5-$10CAD in-person))
Vancouver Bach Festival: The City of Ladies (film)
Tuesday, July 27, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Portative organist Catalina Vicens & early music ensemble Servir Antico tell the story of revolutionary Medieval poet Christine de Pizan. Featuring compositions by Baude Cordier, Solage, Gilles Binchois, Guillaume Dufay, & more.
Free (Free ($5-$10CAD in-person))
Music@Menlo 2021 Festival: Prelude Performance II
Wednesday, July 28, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Bedřich Smetana – Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Bedřich Smetana – Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Free (Free)
Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Medieval Arts Pop-Up Performance
Thursday, July 29, 2032 @ 6:15pm – 7:45pm (PDT)
Warren G. Magnuson Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Longtime SHAK student & guest singers share a casual performance of catchy tunes from the 13th & 14th centuries — plus a live demonstration of calligraphy of the period.
Free
Erin Jorgensen: Live at Olympic Sculpture Park
Thursday, July 29, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Marimbist Erin Jorgensen performs in the shadow of Alexander Calder's "The Eagle" at Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park.
Free
Ballard Opera Man: Live Lawn Concert
Friday, July 30, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 5:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Stephen Wall, a tenor with the Seattle Opera, delights his neighbors with live nightly operatic performances from his front lawn – every Friday, weather permitting.
Free
Listen Live at Lunch: Onomatopoeia Trio
Wednesday, August 4, 2032 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Flute/sax/horn trio Onomatopoeia presents a wide-ranging program spanning the 18th Century to today. Works by W.A. Mozart, Friedrich Kuhlau, & Ben Seavello, with pops arrangements by Jessi Harvey.
Free
Mystic Chords of Memory
Thursday, August 5, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer/performer Nat Evans & saxophonists Neil Welch & Kate Olson perform a new, semi-improvisatory work while drifting around Olympic Sculpture Park.
Free (Free)
Ballard Opera Man: Live Lawn Concert
Friday, August 6, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 5:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Stephen Wall, a tenor with the Seattle Opera, delights his neighbors with live nightly operatic performances from his front lawn – every Friday, weather permitting.
Free
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Welcome Back!
Saturday, August 7, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Lachezar Kostov – Ballade in C minor, Op. 73
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Lachezar Kostov – Ballade in C minor, Op. 73
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Free (Free ($10-$40 in-person))
Olympia Symphony: Concert at the Quarry
Sunday, August 8, 2032 @ 1:00pm – 2:15pm (PDT)
Tenino Rock Quarry Pool, Tenino, WA, United States
Celebrate the return of live music with this free outdoor concert inside the drained Tenino Rock Quarry Pool. Enjoy a mix of patriotic & "Americana" favorites followed by familiar classical tunes made popular in old cartoons.
Free